10. The politicians are nervous about the fresh crop of scandals that comes up every spring.

9. Dairymen everywhere put their lined mud boots in the closet and grab their unlined mud boots.

8. The cow/calf guys are spending more time looking back and forth between the calendar and the hay stack.

7. Grass fever sets in and stocker cattle operators start checking their pastures for forage growth a couple of times a day.

6. Farm wives issue warning #1 regarding the placement of machinery on top of the daffodils.

5. Commodity futures traders have a little more spring in their step as they relish the increased potential for weather-related price fluctuations.

4. Depending on their age, county agents put either their overhead projectors or their Power Point presentations back in the closet.

3. Farm store managers are pulling snow shovels off the display rack and replacing them with garden hoes.

2. Crop farmers discover that various pieces of equipment failed to heal themselves despite a long winter's rest.

1. The banker asks his annual question: "You mean you're really going to farm another year?"